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<b>För </b>Polly, P. David<br>
<b>Skickat:</b> den 24 mars 2018 15:27<br>
<b>Till:</b> Crystal.Boyd@colorado.edu<br>
<b>Kopia:</b> NH-COLL listserv (nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu) <nhcoll-l@mailman.yale.edu><br>
<b>Ämne:</b> Re: [Nhcoll-l] Date format<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">3/viii 25 and 23/v 26 are standard abbreviations for 3rd of August 1925 and 23rd of May 1926 respectively. Is the 19 written in the same hand as the rest? And does your catalog extend back to the beginning of the 19th century? Given
how close these dates were to the turn of the century, someone may have later added 18 and 19 in front of dates distinguish them. <o:p></o:p></p>
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Adjunct Professor, Biology and Anthropology<br>
Indiana University<br>
1001 E. 10th Street<br>
Bloomington, IN 47405-1405<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 24 Mar 2018, at 7:21 AM, Crystal Boyd <<a href="mailto:Crystal.Boyd@colorado.edu">Crystal.Boyd@colorado.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Could it be a range of dates? August 19 - September 3, 1925 and May 19 - 23, 1926?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Fri, Mar 23, 2018 at 3:34 PM, Callomon,Paul <<a href="mailto:prc44@drexel.edu" target="_blank">prc44@drexel.edu</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">I take these to mean August 3, 1925 and May 23, 1926 respectively – correct?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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